Smoke in Mammoth due to prescribed burn near Bald Mountain

November 5, 2013

The smoke in the air right now is from a prescribed burn near Bald Mountain north of Mammoth Lakes and east of U.S. 395, according to the Inyo National Forest. The burning operation is expected to last for a few more days, weather and wind permitting, forest officials said. If the smoke in nearby communities gets too bad, they have a smoke policy that is supposed to require them to pull back from burning more acreage.